AK v Russia: Private Life, Sexual Orientation and Dismissing Teachers for Sexual Posts on Social Media

A recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights found that the dismissal of a teacher because of images of her appearing on social media, which the school had found to be immoral, was grossly disproportionate and thus a breach of her right to private life under the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) art.8. In particular, the Court found that the dismissal had been inspired by her sexual orientation, and thus was in violation of ECHR art.14, which guarantees the enjoyment of Convention rights free from discrimination.